Running cost for the Avanti AR17T1B
At 238 kWh/yr, the Avanti AR17T1B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $45 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the Avanti AR17T1B compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 38.3% less, ranking 973 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $28/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Avanti AR17T1B on that list: GE GCE06GSH**** ($44/yr, 236 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Avanti AR24T3S ($45/yr, 238 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 16 of Avanti's 68 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RMRS31X**-IS ($32/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FFFD22IWR3S ($111/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Avanti AR17T1B that long and it costs about $582 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $45/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Avanti AR17T1B already costs $45/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
At rank 973 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 238 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.